McCain Steps Out of the Box with his Vice Presidential Pick

I don’t know whether is was a blatant attempt to steal some of the democrats thunder but Senator John McCain has stepped out of the box when he chose Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska as his running mate. Making history himself, McCain picked the first republican vice presidential candidate in American history.

At 44-years-old and a mother of five, Palin will balance McCain’s ticket in a number of ways. She is female and this will attract some of Hillary Clinton’s disenfranchised supporters. Palin is young which will counter balance two issues – first, John McCain’s age, he turned 72 today and the relative young age of Obama who is 47-years-old.

Palin is a first time Governor and relative unknown to anybody outside the state of Alaska. It will be interesting to see how McCain can continue to criticize Obama’s lack of experience when he has chosen someone so young and from a minor state in the scheme of American politics. Two years ago, Palin was the mayor of a town of 4,200 people.